Agriculture Archives — Page 16 of 31

June 23, 2020 No Responses

FG Begins Distribution Of Fertilisers To 70,200 Farmers In Jigawa

The Federal Government has commenced distribution of fertilisers to 70,200 farmers affected by flood in Jigawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the farmers were among those affected by flood in 19 Local Government Areas of the state in 2018....

June 19, 2020 No Responses

Keystone Bank Approves N500m For Farmers

Keystone Bank has approved N500 million through the Central Bank of Nigeria to support the Nigerian Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS). In a statement on Thursday, the National Coordinator of the group, Mr Retson Tedheke commended the development.. ...

June 18, 2020 No Responses

Wet Season: CBN To Empower 1.1m Farmers With N432b Loans

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has concluded plan to fund the value chains of nine commodities to the tune of N432 billion in the 2020 wet season. Mr Yila Yusuf, the Director, Development Finance Department of the CBN, disclosed...

June 18, 2020 No Responses

Ekiti Farmers Seek Soft Loans, Tractors

Farmers in Ido-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State on Thursday appealed to the state government to assist them with soft loans and tractors to boost their agricultural production. The Chairman of Ekiti State Farmers Association, Ido-Osi ch...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Delta Seeks N8b Loan To Boost Agriculture

The Delta State Government has granted its approval for the state to access eight billion naira loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to develop agriculture in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who made...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Distributes Maize, Sorghum To 15 Farm Settlements

The Lagos State Government has commenced the distribution of maize and sorghum to not less than 15 feed millers, farm settlements and other stakeholders in the livestock industry in the state. The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abis...

June 14, 2020 No Responses

FG Approves N13b For Pest Control In Sokoto, Katsina, Kano, Others

As part of measures to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s food sector, the Federal Government has approved N13 billion as intervention fund for pest control in 12 northern states, The 12 states scheduled to benefit from the fund...

June 11, 2020 No Responses

CBN To Support 70, 000 Maize Farmers In 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to support 70,000 maize farmers under its Anchor Borrowers Programme, during the 2020 wet farming season. Head, Development Finance Office, CBN, Mr Nuhu Muazu, reiterated the development on Thursday in Abuja duri...

June 10, 2020 No Responses

Kwara Flags-Off Distribution Of Tractors To Farmers

The Kwara State Government has flagged-off the distribution of tractors to farmers at subsidised rates as part of strategies to strengthen large scale farming in the state. Mr AbdulQowiy Olododo, the Technical Assistant to the Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Ag...

June 8, 2020 No Responses

FG Supports 6, 457 South-West Maize Farmers With N1b Inputs

No fewer than 6,457 members of South-West Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) are to receive inputs worth N1 billion from the Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) of the Federal Government. Already, some of the inputs were distributed to farmers in Ibadan,....

June 8, 2020 No Responses

Obasanjo Seeks Increased Food Production

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has advised African leaders to intensify efforts at improving agriculture in their respective countries in order to meet the challenges of post COVID-19 looming food crisis. Obasanjo gave the advice at the flag-off of his fi...

June 8, 2020 No Responses

IITA: Cassava Seed System Profitable For Players In Value Chain

The cassava seed system is profitable across the value chain, the International Institutes of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has said. In a statement issued on Sunday, IITA Project Director, Dr Hemant Nitturkar explained that the Building and Economically Su...

June 1, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Empower 77,400 Young Farmers

The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has announced plans to empower 77,400 young farmers in agricultural business across Nigeria. Addressing Journalists on Monday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of NALDA,Mr Paul Ikonne, explained that the...

May 31, 2020 No Responses

LCCI Seeks Regional Collaboration On Agriculture

Collaboration by South-West states, with a renewed focus at unveiling viable and sustainable investment opportunities in the agribusiness value chain, is critical to national economic diversification and self-reliance, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industr...